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Contributes sections of material of publication quality. \nUses available resources to update knowledge of any relevant field and curate a personal collection of relevant material. Participates in research communities.\nEmerging technology monitoring\nSupports monitoring of the external environment and assessment of emerging technologies to evaluate the potential impacts, threats, and opportunities to the organization. \nContributes to the creation of reports, technology road mapping and the sharing of knowledge and insights.\nSecurity administration\nMaintains security administration processes and checks that all requests for support are dealt with according to agreed procedures. \nProvides guidance in defining access rights and privileges. \nInvestigates security breaches in accordance with established procedures and recommends required actions and supports / follows up to ensure these are implemented.\nDigital Forensic\nContributes to digital forensic investigations. Processes and analyses evidence in line with policy, standards and guidelines and supports production of forensics findings and reports.\nPenetration testing\nMaintains current knowledge of malware attacks, and other cyber security threats. \nCreates test cases using in-depth technical analysis of risks and typical vulnerabilities. \nProduces test scripts, materials and test packs to test new and existing software or services. \nSpecifies requirements for environment, data, resources and tools. \nInterprets, executes and documents complex test scripts using agreed methods and standards.\nRecords and analyses actions and results. \nReviews test results and modifies tests if necessary. \nProvides reports on progress, anomalies, risks and issues associated with the overall project. \nReports on system quality and collects metrics on test cases. \nProvides specialist advice to support others.\nRelationship management\nImplements stakeholder engagement/communications plan. \nDeals with problems and issues, managing resolutions, corrective actions, lessons learned and the collection and dissemination of relevant information. \nCollects and uses feedback from customers and stakeholders to help measure effectiveness of stakeholder management. \nHelps develop and enhance customer and stakeholder relationships.\nIf required:People Management / Resource Management: \nIs involved in recruiting process and proposes support for hiring decision and pre-selection of candidates \nAllocates the different work to the respective employees considering experience, complexity, workload and organizational efficiency\nContinuously monitors and evaluates team workload and organizational efficiency with the support of IT systems, data and analysis and team feedback and makes appropriate changes to meet business needs.\nProvides team members/direct reports with clear direction and targets that are aligned with business needs and GIT objectives \nKey Relationships: \nGlobal IT\nRespective business function (GOPS, Finance, HR, Brand Marketing, Wholesale/Retail)\nHR Management\nControlling\nRequisite Education and Experience / Minimum Qualifications : \nFour-year college or university degree with focus on Business Administration or IT or related areas, or equivalent combination of education and experience \nProficient spoken and written command of English \nAt least 7-year experience in IT \n5 years of experience in relevant area\n2 years of experience in team management\nStrong understanding & knowledge of regional and global market landscape and the respective customer \nManaged critical elements and cross functional and regional projects\nAt adidas we offer a Hybrid work policy which requires attendance in the office Monday through Thursday, with the flexibility to work remotely on Friday each week. For work requiring a high degree of collaboration or an in-person presentation, in-office attendance is required even on Friday.\nadidas celebrates diversity, supports inclusiveness and encourages individual expression in our workplace. We actively encourage individuals with disabilities to apply and will provide reasonable accommodations throughout the recruitment process. We do not tolerate the harassment or discrimination toward any of our applicants or employees. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. \nadidas offers robust and progressive medical, including HSA (Health Savings Account) with employer funding or FSA (Flexible Spending Account) options, dental, vision, prescription drug coverage, adoption, with surrogate and fertility support, short and long-term disability, and basic life and AD&D insurance. Employees are able to enroll in adidas’ 401k plan and Stock Purchase Plan with employer match. Full-time employees are eligible for education assistance and generous Leave policies including 14 weeks of paid parental leave. \nEmployees are eligible to earn an annual bonus based on company performance. Employees accrue prorated flexible time off in the amount .4388 hours per day that increases with years of service, twelve paid holidays throughout the calendar year and Service Time Off during milestone years. \nAt adidas we offer a Hybrid work policy which requires attendance in the office Monday through Thursday, with the flexibility to work remotely on Friday each week. For work requiring a high degree of collaboration or an in-person presentation, in-office attendance is required even on Friday. 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